Mop-holder.



J. C. GROUT.

MOP HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 14. 1916.

Patented Nov. 14, 1916.

JOHN C -CROUT :Io'mr c. cnou'r, or Patron, scorn canonrna.

MOP-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patentedltov. 1 1, 1916.

Application filed August 14, 191s. Serial No. 114,860.

all whom itmay concern: p v Be it @own that 1, JOHN C.

I Crou'r, a cltlzen of the United States,-

newand useful Improvements in Mop-Holders, of which the following is a specification,

'acter' which. is 'very which; is thoroughly durable andserviceable,

reference being had to the accompanying .siedrawings.

Tihis invention relates to cleaning appli- -ances and particularly to mops. v One, object of my invention is to provide a mop supporting appliance with which the mop or fillers'may bereadily engaged or disengaged. 1A further object of the invention is to provide a mop holding device of this charsimply constructed,

and which'may be cheaply made. 7 '.A further objectis to so construct the mop holderthat it may be readily and strongly connected to thehandle of the mop and yet from which the mop handle may be disconnected when desired.

-Othe'r objects will appear in the course of the following description.

" My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

'Figure' 1 is. a top plan view of a mop holder' constructed in accordance with my invention, the filler or mop material not beillustrated; Fig. 2 is a perspective view h f the mop holder and handle; Fig. 3 is a side view showing the manner in whichthe frames are relatively shifted to release the mop; Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the' outer frame; Fig. 5 "is a perspective view of the inner frame; and Fig. 6 is a' diagrammatic view showing the manner in which the wiresare bent to form the socket for the handle and the braces 19, 20 and 22.

Referring to these drawings, it will be seen that my improved holder, disregarding the handle, is formed of three pieces. One

'of these pieces is designated 10 and consti- This frame, 10 is rectangular in form to provide the I tutes a relatively fixed frame.

longitudinally extending bars 12 and the end bars 11, these end bars being so as toform the trunnions 13. It will be understood that the frame is made of one piece of relatively heavy galvanized iron wire. Coacting with the ,frame 1Q.1s the frame 14 which is also rectangular in .form

and e of one. piece of galvanized iron 0 residing at f 'Pehon,m the county of Lexington and State -of South Carolina, have invented certain formed to provide the eyes 17 in which the trunnions 13 of'the frame 10 are inserted,-

the frame 14 being thereby pivoted upon the frame 10. it will of course, be observed laterstated. The frame 14, at its ends is that the frame 14 has approximately the same length asthe frame 10 but is wider than this frame.

- For the purpose of bracing the frame 10 and 'of operatively connecting the handle thereto, I form a tapered socket member 18 g by twisting a length of wire and extending from t, at 1ts extremity, the outwardly diaround the longitudinal members 12 of the frame 10, then extended directly rearward as at 20 to the rearmost longitudinal member 12, then again bent around this longitudinal member as at 21 and. then extended back to the middle of the coil as at 22. As stated before, this coil and the elements 19, 20 and 22 are all formed of-one piece of wire. Inasmuch as the coil 18 is formed of a double helix of wire which is tapered, it is obvious that the'tapered end of the handle 23 may be screwed into this tapered coil and will be firmly engaged therewith, this engagement being still further assisted by the .resilience of the wire coil 18.

In practical use the frames of the mop holder proper are disposed as illustrated in Fig. 1, the frame 10 and 14 being in practically the same plane and the handle engaged by the resilient arms of the fork 16. Under these circumstances the mop material or filler is clamped between the two frames.

'Now if it be desired to disengage the mop or filler 24' from the frames, the foot is raised out of its engagement with the fork 16. The frame 10 will then be turned at an angle to the frame 14, thus increasing the .space between the longitudinal portions 12 of the inner frame and the longitudinal portions of the outer frame and permitting the easy removal of the filler as shown in Fig.

3.v It be obvious that a reverseopeia. tion closes the filler clamping frames and holds the filler n y in place. Inasmuch as the frame-10 is formed of one piece of vergent braces 19, the wire of which is bent wire, the frame 1d likewise formed of one piece of wire, and the braces 19, 20 and 22 with the socket 18 also formed of one piece of wire, it is obvious that this holder may be very cheaply made.

By reference to Fig. 6 it will be seen that the coiled st cket 18 and braces 19, 20 and 22 are coiled or formed .in the following vmanner: The wire is coiled along the por tion a in Fig. 6 to form a portion of the base coil of the socket. It is then bent laterally to form one of the braces 22, then extended forward to form one of the braces 20, then coiled around the forward element 12, then extended upward and back and coiled along the portion 6 to the point from which the members 22 started. It is then bent laterally to form the other brace 22, then forward again and coiled around the member 12 and then back again to the beginning to the portion 6, and then coiled parallel to the portion 7) up to the base of the socket, as at 0, thus providing a double coil along the entire length of the socket. It is also to be noted that the twists given to the wire 15 render the arm thus formed somewhat resilient and that the forks 16 resiliently embrace the handle 23.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A mop holder of the character described including an inner approximately rectangular frame with means for connecting it rigidly to a handle, said means being disposed to support the handle at an angle to the plane of the frame, and an outer approximately rectangular frame having pivotal connections at-its ends and disposed along the middle line of the frame and operatively engaging the ends of the outer frame, there being means for holding the outer frame in the same plane as the inner frame.

2. A mop holder of the character described comprising an inner rectangular frame formed of a single piece of wire, an outer rectangular frame having approximately the same length as the inner frame but wider than the inner frame, the inner frame and mosses outer frame being formed, one with trunnions and the other with eyes in which said trunnions engage, a handle socket operatively connected to the inner frame, and an arm extending upward from the rear end of the outer frame and having a resilient fork at its extremity engageable with the handle.

3. A mop holder of the character described comprising an inner rectangular frame having longitudinally projecting trunnions, an outer rectangular frame having approximately the same length as the inner frame and formed with eyes at its ends for the reception of the trunnions, said outer frame at its'rear having an upwardly and an inwardly projecting arm resiliently forked at its ends, a socket formed of one piece of twisted wire having integral braces extending to and rigidly engaged with the inner frame, and a handle detachably inserted in said socket and adapted to be engaged with the fork of said arm.

4. A mop holder of the character described comprising .an inner frame formed of one piece of wire bent to form a rectangle and provide oppositely disposed trunnions at the ends of the frame, a rectangular outer frame formed of a single piece of wire bent to form eyes at the ends of the frame,'the ends of the wire at the rear of the frame being twisted upon each other to form an up wardly and rearwardly projecting arm, the extremities of the wire being deflected to form a resilient fork, a handle socket formed of a single piece of wire bent to form a tapered spiral, the wire being bent to form forwardly diverged braces engaged with the forward member of the inner frame, then extended rearward to the rear member of the inner frame and engaged therewith and then extended upward to the coil.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN G. GROUT. Witnesses D. F. SHUMPEBT, J. D. HALTIWANGER. 

